MintyBoost – Battery-powered USB charger
by GregMS on Feb.12, 2009, under Mods
The Cowntown Computer Congress held a workshop a few weeks ago where I was able to create my very own battery-powered USB charger. If your not familiar with this, there is a project called MintyBoost that turns an ordinary Altoids can into a USB charger. The kit can be placed in many different kind of devices, but the Altoids container seems to be a perfect fit for the charging hardware and the 2-AA batteries.
Below are pictures of my finished charger. This was the first sodering I have done since I modded my PS2 several years ago.
January 30th, 2011 on 1:22 pm
[…] purchased for other projects. Above is my finished LoL Shield connected to my Arduino. My MintyBoost in photoed next to it as that can be used to power it when I’m mobile or I can use a USB […]